Indian Ministry of Tourism has launched portal www.strandedinindia.com with a view to identify, assist and facilitate foreign tourists who are stranded in various parts of India due to the lockdown situation necessitated by the COVID19 global pandemic. Such tourists would need to log on to…

The cascading effect of the coronavirus has been found to cripple the Indian tourism and hospitality industry at an astonishing pace, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) said. “Disruption due to coronavirus could result in 18-20 per cent erosion of nationwide occupancy across the hospitality sector,…

The Ministry of Tourism held a virtual conference (VC) with the Industry associations of Tourism and Hospitality sector on Friday. The VC was led by the Secretary Tourism, Shri Yogendra Tripathi along with senior officials of the Ministry. The Associations represented through remote conferencing were…

In an attempt to extend support to the foreign tourists who are stranded in India, Indian Ministry of Tourism has come up with a portal to disseminate information regarding the services that can be availed by foreign tourists who are stuck far away from their…

FAITH has requested the Governments of India to rapidly deploy a ‘Survival & Revival’ financial package to the Indian hotels and resorts, travel agents and tour operators, tourist transporters on term loans from financial institutions, working capital from financial institutions, statutory obligations to be made…

In order to provide education in Buddhist philosophies, culture and art and to promote research in different aspects of Buddhism, preserve ancient Buddhist manuscripts, digitize ancient Buddhist text preserved in the languages of Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese and other Asian languages through the system…

Adventure tourism is hailed as the fastest growing segment of tourism today. According to a report by Allied Market Research, the global adventure tourism market size was valued at US $ 586.3 billion in 2018. The sector is further projected to grow to an astonishing…

Industry body such as Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH), CII Tourism National Committee and ASSOCHAM Tourism sub-committee has identified several points of urgent concern and sought urgent intervention of the Finance Ministry. In a letter signed by Nakul Anand, Chairman, FAITH;…

With COVID-19 spreading pan India, travel, tourism and hospitality industry is set to witness a massive unemployment in the sector. According to FAITH, “As a result of this pandemic, Indian Tourism industry is looking at pan India bankruptcies, closure of businesses and mass unemployment. It…

A high-level meeting was held yesterday with Chief Secretaries of all the states by the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. All the Chief Secretaries informed that there is overwhelming and spontaneous response to the call for Janta Curfew given by…